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Finding Aid for the Curlett & Beelman records, circa 1924-circa 1932
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Title: Curlett & Beelman records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000124
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
15.0 Linear feet
(2 record storage boxes, 4 boxes of rolls,1 flat file drawer)
Date (inclusive): circa 1924-circa 1932
Location note: Boxes 1-2/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - flat files 3 Flat File drawers/Mosher - Drawer Numbers D46-48 4 boxes of
rolls/Mosher - rolls
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
creator:
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Curlett & Beelman records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
The Curlett & Beelman firm was formed by Alexander (Aleck) Curlett (1880-1942) and Claud W. Beelman (1884-1963) in 1919. They
are well known for their large scale architecture and the fact that their firm planned, designed, and superintended the construction
of most of their buildings. Some of their more noted projects, many of which are designated Historic Monuments and/or listed
in the National Register of Historic Places, include: Barker Brothers, Elks Temple, Pershing Square Building, Insurance Exchange
Building, LA Fur Mart Building, Commercial Club: Hotel Case, Harris Newark Building, Board of Trade Building, and Culver Hotel,
as well as buildings in Pasadena and Long Beach. Their office was located in Beverly Hills, California. By 1932, however,
the firm had dissolved.
Claud Beelman attended architectural school at Harvard. Following his formal education, he worked in the Midwest and South
before moving to Los Angeles. Once in Los Angeles he obtained his building license and went into partnership with Alexander
Curlett, whose father was an established architect in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
The Curlett & Beelman records span circa 15 linear feet and date from circa 1924 to circa 1932. This collection is composed
of specification files, four flat file drawers of blueprints, and oversize rolled blueprints.
Related Archival Materials note
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records (Collection 1512). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
UCLA.
Marcus P. Miller records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Claud W. Beelman papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
Curlett & Beelman.
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th Century
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